Ugh. Missed a water change due to getting back so late and feeling sick from the storm, was going to do it this morning but then had to run around like crazy because my big rabbit also decided to get sick so I had to pack her up to take her to the vet - did it just now and ARGH. I can arrest the development if I do the daily poop vacuum. Miss a day and it starts to encroach again. I need to do a bigger water change, I think. I should just get the water change hose even if I only use it to refill the tank after draining it. Running around with a two gallon bucket is NOT cutting it.

A random question (didn't want to create a thread out of it): does anyone know if petco/petsmart carry substrate? Like maybe eco-complete or flourite??

Petco Union Sq usually has Active-Flora (or something similar) and sometimes Ecocomplete. I think i saw some in the 86st store so i assume most stores are similar.
Not sure but i think Pacific has flourite.

Well, this is why I'm getting a tank full of water sprite from Albert ... she doesn't eat that. I've got Java fern that she doesn't touch, but it doesn't grow very fast. She ate all the duckweed I put in - nearly exploded, too.

And ... yeah. Daily water changes ... they're why I decided not to get another betta.

Yeah, but you're, like, the plant princess. I find the hardiest, toughest plants out there, look at them, and they die on me. I've killed duckweed! I mean, it grows for me now, but I had a tank full of dying duckweed.

Yeah, but you're, like, the plant princess. I find the hardiest, toughest plants out there, look at them, and they die on me. I've killed duckweed! I mean, it grows for me now, but I had a tank full of dying duckweed.

I would one day like to have another betta. Just not right now.

I'm a plant killer too >_> I have a tank full of death at the moment. Java moss, marimo, sprite...all dying ^_^

My betta is alive and kicking and I don't mind daily water changes at all. I can nurse sick fish but I kill healthy plants

Yeah, but you're, like, the plant princess. I find the hardiest, toughest plants out there, look at them, and they die on me. I've killed duckweed! I mean, it grows for me now, but I had a tank full of dying duckweed.

I would one day like to have another betta. Just not right now.

Funny you say that. because I swear I've only ever killed the hardiest of plants..anubias, javaferns, elodea and whatever else. lolololol

Petco Union Sq usually has Active-Flora (or something similar) and sometimes Ecocomplete. I think i saw some in the 86st store so i assume most stores are similar.
Not sure but i think Pacific has flourite.

Petco has it on their website but I've never seen it at union sq nor 86th. Will definitely check again though. BTW, pacific definitely has flourite...that's where I've bought it in the past, but they are WAAAY overpriced there!

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